ITDC Bali Processes 22.9 Tonnes of Organic Waste per Day

Organic waste is produced into compost in the waste processing area located in the Lagoon Nusa Dua zone, which also serves as the site for treating liquid waste from hotels. Nusa Dua, Bali (ANTARA) - PT Pengembangan Pariwisata Indonesia (Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation/ITDC)–now transforming into InJourney Tourism Development Corporation–processes 22.9 tonnes of organic waste production per day into compost that is reused for fertilising the gardens in the local area. “The organic waste partly comes from the gardens in the form of leaves and branches that we chop up and turn into compost,” said ITDC Nusantara Utilitas Director Anak Agung Istri Ratna Dewi in Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, Bali, on Thursday. The organic waste is produced into compost in the waste processing area in the Lagoon Nusa Dua zone, which also serves as the location for processing liquid waste from hotels. To reduce waste production, several hotels also carry out independent processing for organic waste such as food scraps, for example by utilising maggots. She explained that the total waste production in the 350-hectare tourism area reaches 32.3 tonnes per day, of which 70% or 22.9 tonnes is organic waste. The remainder, 4.1 tonnes, is inorganic waste, or 13.5% of which comes from canteens, offices, waste on Nusa Dharma Island and Peninsula Island, as well as other facilities in the premium area. The inorganic waste is then collected and sorted in the Lagoon area, which serves as a temporary waste disposal site (TPS), and the sorting results are managed by the Waste Processing Site based on waste reduction, reuse, and recycling (TPS3R). Sea waste collected reaches nearly 1,945 kilograms per day, other waste reaches 1,850 kilograms per day, and residue waste reaches 1,343 kilograms per day or 3.8%. “Around 95% of the total waste production can be processed and reused, with only around 3.8% in the form of residue that we take to the final processing site (TPA),” she said.